In late 1942 and early 1943, government agents arrived on the doorsteps of numerous poor farmers in eastern Kentucky, informing them that the Army needed their land — 36,000 acres in all — to build the training facility now known as Camp Breckenridge.
Why is it that the hottest air in renewable energy proposals always seems to come from a politician outside Nevada?
John McCain and Barack Obama each appeared Saturday — separately — at Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., where they fielded questions from pastor Rick Warren.
Homeowners, small businesses and schools may yet get a chance to rent solar power panels, rather than having to buy the power generation gear for tens of thousands of dollars.
Tropicana Entertainment’s top executive delivered on a promise to quickly resolve an impasse with the Culinary union by reaching a tentative agreement on a new contract Wednesday after less than five hours of meetings.
Bally Technologies ended its fiscal year with a 380 percent increase in profits and a 32 percent increase in total revenues — in other words, the perfect time to consolidate operations with another rival slot machine company, said analysts for one Wall Street investment firm.
A week before the opening of Las Vegas Sands’ newest $1 billion addition to Macau’s Cotai Strip, company President Bill Weidner downplayed Chinese media reports that the government wants to slow visitation into the gambling enclave.
ROKin’ New Club: Get ready for yet another nightclub in Las Vegas. ROK Vegas at New York-New York will open its doors Labor Day weekend with a special performance by pop-rock sensation Katy Perry. Perry will rock the club with her sultry single, “I Kissed a Girl” when she performs live at ROK 0n Saturday, Aug. 30.
The debate rages on among boxing fans: Just who is the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighter?
From the moment the United States finished third in men’s basketball in the 2004 Athens Olympics, all of USA Basketball’s attention and energy have been devoted to putting America back on top.
NBA Summer League director Warren LeGarie took it as a promising and satisfying sign Thursday when he pulled into the Cox Pavilion parking lot in the early afternoon and most every spot was taken.
